{"id":3080,"date":"2023-06-07T03:56:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T03:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2023-08-03T22:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:52:50","slug":"president-biden-invests-115-million-for-clean-water-in-jackson-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/president-biden-invests-115-million-for-clean-water-in-jackson-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden invests $115 million for clean water in Jackson, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s a matter of time before Jackson, Mississippi residents will no longer suffer from a lack of clean drinking water.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today, President Biden announced the administration is investing an initial $115 million towards repairing the city\u2019s water infrastructure challenges.&nbsp;&nbsp;The investment is part of $600 million in appropriations funding approved by Congress last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Last summer, the city\u2019s water system reached a crisis point when a major flood aggravated longstanding problems in the system and left tens of thousands of people without any running water for days on end. Long before then, families in Jackson lived under the constant threat of boil water orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWhile we have made a lot of progress, there is much more work to do to endure that all Americans have access to clean water. Thanks to my Investing in America agenda, we\u2019re already deploying record resources to communities all across America to replace lead pipes, improve water quality, and rebuild the Nation\u2019s drinking water infrastructure. Ensuring it can withstand the impacts of the climate crisis,\u201d said President Biden in a statement released today by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/06\/06\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-funding-for-jackson-mississippis-water-infrastructure\/\">WhiteHouse.gov.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-06-at-10.47.53-PM.png?resize=201%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-06-at-10.47.53-PM.png?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-06-at-10.47.53-PM.png?w=638&amp;ssl=1 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MS Congressman Bennie Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Congressman Bennie Thompson lead the charge in seeking funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThis historic investment would not have been possible without Congressman Bennie Thompson, who has been a steadfast leader in times of crises, a strong advocate for his constituents, and a great partner, and I want to thank him for his untiring commitment to the Jackson community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s a matter of time before Jackson, Mississippi residents will no longer suffer from a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[141,142,144,140,143],"class_list":["post-3080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-your-world-your-community-your-source","tag-clean-water","tag-congressman-bennie-thompson","tag-investing-in-america","tag-jackson-mississippi-water-crisis","tag-president-joe-biden"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=239%2C300&ssl=1",239,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?resize=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?fit=318%2C399&ssl=1",318,399,true],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ournewsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden518ppi-e1686112076732.jpg?resize=318%2C399&ssl=1",518,475,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/index.php\/category\/your-world-your-community-your-source\/\" rel=\"category tag\">OUR NEWS<\/a>","tag_info":"OUR NEWS","comment_count":"0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5942,"url":"https:\/\/ournewsmag.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/sba-to-host-2024-business-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":3080,"position":0},"title":"SBA to Host 2024 Business Awards","author":"Admin","date":"June 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Several Pine Belt entrepreneurs will be celebrated by The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Mississippi District Office 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. 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